SACRAMENTO – Californians experiencing homelessness and living with chronic health conditions, including severe mental illness, will soon have life-saving access to housing, thanks to today’s signature on AB 816 by Governor Gavin Newsom. The law, authored by […]
Contact: Tara Gamboa-Eastman – tara@steinberginstitute.org On Friday, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced it will invest $20 million in California’s network of emergency call centers to support the launch of a new 988 hotline, an alternative to […]
The Steinberg Institute and The Kennedy Forum are thrilled to announce that today California took a monumental step forward to advance compassionate mental health treatment by adopting our joint budget proposal and investing $20 million into the three-digit mental health crisis […]
Sacramento, Calif. (May. 25, 2020) – California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly will join Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, former Director of the National Institute of Mental Health Dr. Tom Insel and local youth mental […]
Package of bills aims to reduce homelessness and ensure funds are used efficiently Sacramento, CA–California lawmakers and advocates put forth a package of bills to tackle California’s homelessness crisis today. The proposals, many of which passed the […]
SACRAMENTO – Today’s announcement by Governor Gavin Newsom will ensure the behavioral health needs of California’s youth don’t go unmet. Millions of people across the state experienced enormous stress and dislocation, as well as physical and psychological […]
Can you guess who they are? A political power broker who fell into a deep depression – and then publicly shared his story rather than keeping it secret. A clinically trained psychologist who decided her greatest impact […]
Originally published by CalMatters, March 31, 2021 Read the original story here By Taun Hall, Special to CalMatters MARCH 31, 2021 IN SUMMARY Assembly Bill 988 would lay the groundwork for a 988 mental health crisis hotline, […]
Dear friends and supporters, As we move into 2021 and approach the start of spring, it feels like there are at last some reasons for hope and optimism. That knowledge fuels our determination to create policies that […]
We’re very happy to have entered a new year and a new political climate with so much more hope on the horizon. We’re also resolved to keep pushing for change, and to make mental health justice and […]
